Monday, July 26, 2010

A home BBQ . . . meet some of our family

Ok, so I haven't really shared any family pics, so here are the first.
We had a backyard BBQ Saturday with our daughter (Whitney), son-in-law (Reed), granddaughter (Tayvee) and their friends (Wade and Elizabeth).
It was a beautiful sunny day and included badminton and croquet.
We loved spending time with them!

Tayvee played in the pool . . .

Reed and Whitney got their feet wet . . .

and played badminton . . .

Tayvee cheered!

and got sleepy . . .

The kids played badminton . . .

Grandma and Grandpa got to play with Tayvee! (Yes, I'm the grandma)

It was a fun opportunity to use our new (to us) vintage table set with chair slipcovers and matching napkins.

Top Fruit Layer: We like sliced kiwi, strawberries and whole blueberries, but you can use whatever fruit you want

Enjoy!

Thanks for visiting our family BBQ! We look forward to having another family BBQ when our other daughter (Chelsey) and son-in-law (Dean) are in town! {They all have sweet blogs and were my inspiration for starting mine.}
Hope you're enjoying your summer with your family!

Your family looked to be having so much fun! Thanks for sharing and your Granddaughter is beautiful and has a rock'in name!!!!! NEVER heard of it before!!!! Also, thanks for the kind words about my blog, that is so nice! I look forward to seeing what your up to as well!Enjoy your day!

Also, in answering your questions: My husband is a self taught carpenter, and just does it as a hobby. He is a perfectionist, slow but sure!!! The garage is adjacent to the house, like and L, a full 90 degrees. In time we plan on an addition on the back and side of the house to tie in more with the garage. I do plan to tie in colors on the garage, the orange brick color that is also on my veranda posts,as well as on the side doors of the garage. All in time!!!!

I LOVE your vintage patio table!!! Fruit pizza is such a great summer dessert! Gorgeous! it is one of my favorites to make for family gatherings. I appreciate recipes that are fairly simple to make, but look impressive! :-)

oh what a cutso baby!! I love the ways baby have such baby plumpness---and such soft skin. They are so much fun to hold. (However my grandson was wiry and to squiggly at times!) Family times are such a blessing. Love the table and chairs!

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I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 39 years. We have been blessed with two beautiful daughters and a granddaughter and grandson. My husband and I love shopping for antiques and vintage treasures. We sell items at the Christine Palmer Antique & Collectible Show and the Plucky Maidens Junk Fests in Portland, Oregon, and by appointment from our cottage. I love old things, furniture, books, paper, architecture . . . flea markets, anything with roses, interior design, decorating, and gardening.
I recently retired and now have more time for our Saltbox Treasures business.
Thank you so much for taking the time to visit my blog.

This blog is about our travels shopping for vintage treasures, decorating, gardening, and current repurposing projects.

Older women are to be reverent in their behavior . . . teaching what is good, that they may encourage young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be sensible, pure, homemakers, kind . . . . . ~ Titus 2:4